FSU reclaims consensus No. 1 spot after wild college football weekend

FSU is the consensus No. 1 team in the country, according to the latest top 25 polls released Sunday after a wild college football weekend that saw a slew of ranked teams lose.

The Seminoles returned to the top spot in the USA Today coaches' poll one week after Alabama bumped it from the top spot. FSU has been the No. 1 team in the Associated Press poll all season.

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Auburn, the team the Seminoles faced in last year's BCS national title game, moved into the No. 2 spot in both polls.

After that, the two polls differed. The polls were expected to shift dramatically after five of the top eight teams in the AP poll lost games Thursday through Saturday for the first time since the rankings were established.

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Baylor moved to the No. 3 spot in the coaches' poll, while Ole Miss jumped to No. 4 and Notre Dame jumped to No. 5.

Mississippi State followed that group at No. 6, while previous No. 1 Alabama fell to No. 7. Michigan State (8), Oklahoma (9) and Georgia (10) rounded out the rest of the top 10.

In the Associated Press poll, Mississippi State and Ole Miss tied for the No. 3 spot, followed Baylor at No. 5. Notre Dame (6), Alabama (7), Michigan State (8), TCU (9) and Arizona (10) rounded out the top 10.

The AP poll voters, which includes the Orlando Sentinel and other media representatives throughout the country, ranked TCU and Arizona higher than the coaches' poll after the Horned Frogs beat then-No. 4 Oklahoma and the Wildcats beat then-No. 2 Oregon.

No teams other than FSU from the state of Florida were ranked in either poll or received votes. BYU, UCF's opponent Thursday, was knocked out of both polls after its loss to Utah State Friday.

None of the polls will be used to help select the teams advancing to this year's four-team College Football Playoff.

Check out the full USA Today coaches' poll:

1. FSU

2. Auburn

3. Baylor

4. Ole Miss

5. Notre Dame

6. Mississippi State

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7. Alabama

8. Michigan State

9. Oklahoma

10. Georgia

11. Oregon

12. TCU

13. Arizona

14. Texas A&M

15. Ohio State

16. Kansas State

17. UCLA

18. Oklahoma State

19. East Carolina

20. Arizona State

21. Nebraska

22. Stanford

23. Georgia Tech

24. Missouri

25. Clemson

Check out the full Associated Press poll:

1. FSU

2. Auburn

3. Mississippi State

3. Ole Miss

5. Baylor

6. Notre Dame

7. Alabama

8. Michigan State

9. TCU

10. Arizona

11. Oklahoma

12. Oregon

13. Georgia

14 Texas A&M

15. Ohio State

16. Oklahoma State

17. Kansas State

18. UCLA

19. East Carolina

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